Okojie Opens NCWIC with a Powerful Performance and Insightful Advice for Aspiring Writers
Irenosen Okojie, Nigerian-born author of the Betty Trask award-winning novel Butterfly Fish and short story collection Speak Gigantular, opened the 2020 National Creative Writing Industry Conference last night with a powerful message to aspiring authors everywhere, ‘Your ideas matter, every single one.’ Okojie’s keynote speech, ‘Transmissions From the Disruptive Space’, wove together her own experiences…